Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is the fourth installment in WayForward’s racy action-platformer series and the first entry to be specifically made for anything more powerful than a 3DS. Though I’m not what you’d call a massive die hard fan of the series, I am familiar with previous titles and thoroughly enjoyed both Risky’s Revenge and Pirate’s...

Have you ever wanted to go back to the 80’s and play Contra or the original Super Mario? Do you remember the frustration of constantly dying? Don’t you miss that? Don’t you miss the struggle? No? Yes? Well, I do. I remember both the angry moments and the joy that I felt when I beat a level....

Walking into Cally’s Trials, I had few expectations. It looked like a typical platformer, with a standard 8-bit art style, and decent platforming. I figured the game would be either really easy or extremely difficult, and something would quickly steer it away from being fun. Well boy, was I wrong. Cally’s Trials is practically flawless, and...

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